Chapter 5
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Oh I see said the Earl but my own idear is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
— Daisy Ashford
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Oh I see said the Earl but my own idear is that these things are as piffle before the wind." in the context of "Chapter 5" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Daisy Ashford" (Quotes, The Young Visiters (1919))
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About Daisy Ashford
Margaret Mary Julia "Daisy" Ashford (7 April 1881 – 15 January 1972) was during her childhood a writer of fiction, but abandoned her literary career as a teenager. The Young Visiters, or, Mr. Salteena's Plan, written at the age of 9, is considered her masterpiece; its themes are true love and the immutability of class distinctions. The Young Visiters was published with the author’s original spelling and punctuation in 1919, and was adapted as a stage-play in 1920, as a musical in 1968, and as a TV film starring Jim Broadbent in 2003.
About Daisy Ashford
Margaret Mary Julia "Daisy" Ashford (7 April 1881 – 15 January 1972) was during her childhood a writer of fiction, but abandoned her literary career as a teenager. The Young Visiters, or, Mr. Salteena's Plan, written at the age of 9, is considered her masterpiece; its themes are true love and the immutability of class distinctions. The Young Visiters was published with the author’s original spelling and punctuation in 1919, and was adapted as a stage-play in 1920, as a musical in 1968, and as a TV film starring Jim Broadbent in 2003.
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